Gina Sicilia
Philadelphia-based vocalist and songwriter Gina Sicilia has been actively singing the blues and writing her own songs since she was an adolescent. Exposed to blues and roots music by her parents, Sicilia began writing her own songs as a 12-year-old. By the time she was 16, she had some of the songs that would be included on her debut album. She graduated in 2007 from Temple University in Philadelphia with a degree in journalism. It was during her sophomore year in college that she began attending the weekly blues jams at Warmdaddy's in Philadelphia. She cut her teeth there and began to learn and develop as she associated with blues veterans, some of whom would help her record her first few demo discs. When her debut album, Allow Me to Confess, was released in 2007, the critical reaction was positive. She was called an important new voice in the blues with a maturity far beyond her years, evident in her choice of covers of oft-overlooked rhythm & blues classics. In the spring of 2008, her album was nominated for "Best New Artist Debut" at the W.C. Handy/Blues Music Awards in Memphis.
Her second release, Hey Sugar, let fans know that while she was only in her early twenties, she could also tackle alternative country and Americana tunes with virtuosity and aplomb. Her third release was the powerful Can't Control Myself, released in March 2011, just days before her 26th birthday. Sicilia widened her stylistic palette even more with this disc, fusing classic blues, classic R&B, soul, and Americana tunes into a cohesive whole. She included three covers made famous by Bobby "Blue" Bland, Stevie Wonder, and Ike & Tina Turner. Her third album was recorded and engineered by her VizzTone labelmate, multi-instrumentalist, and singer/songwriter Dave Gross at his home studios in northern New Jersey.
Sicilia devoted much of her 2013 full-length album It Wasn't Real to original material, a trend she continued on the 2014 EP The Alabama Sessions, which was recorded in the legendary soul city of Muscle Shoals. In 2016, she switched labels to Blue Elan Records, which released the Sunset Avenue EP in August of that year.
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Allow Me to Confess
Jazz - Released by SwingNation Records on Jul 10, 2007
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It Wasn't Real
Soul - Released by SwingNation Records - VizzTone Label Group on Jan 1, 2010
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Hey Sugar
Jazz - Released by SwingNation Records on Oct 28, 2008
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Can't Control Myself
Blues - Released by SwingNation Records on Mar 1, 2011
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Love Me Madly
Blues - Released by Blue Elan Records LLC on May 29, 2020
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Tug of War
Blues - Released by Blue Elan Records LLC on Jun 2, 2017
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The Alabama Sessions
Blues - Released by VizzTone on Jul 29, 2014
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Death Don't Have No Mercy
Blues - Released by VizzTone on Apr 6, 2022
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Misery with You
Blues - Released by Blue Elan Records LLC on Feb 14, 2020
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Shine Down On Us
Pop - Released by SwingNation Records on Nov 16, 2011
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Heard the Lie
Blues - Released by Blue Elan Records LLC on Aug 31, 2018
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Sunset Avenue
Blues - Released by Blue Elan Records LLC on Aug 26, 2016
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I Want to Know What Love Is
Blues - Released by Blue Elan Records LLC on Aug 30, 2019
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Hey Love
Blues - Released by Blue Elan Records LLC on May 1, 2020
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Man in the Sky
Blues - Released by Blue Elan Records LLC on Aug 10, 2018
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Survival
Blues - Released by Blue Elan Records LLC on Feb 17, 2021
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Blues - Released by Blue Elan Records LLC on Apr 14, 2021
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